EC probes copper market (May 14, 2003)
Vancouver — European Union antitrust investigators, in co-operation with Canadian and U.S. competition authoritie…
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Rietfontein surrenders more PGMs
Hunter-Dickinson-led junior, Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) has tabled results from two more holes on its Rietfontein fa…
Trading Summary (May 13, 2003)
Toronto’s gold stocks dumped 5.33 points or more than 3% to end Tuesday’s trading session at 159.27. The slide was…
Silver Standard cuts more silver at Bowdens
Vancouver — Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has tabled more assay results from its infill drilling campaign at i…
Codelco posts higher output
Vancouver The world’s largest copper producer churned out 367,944 tonnes of the metal in the first quarter of 200…
Kinross slices 75 jobs at Lupin
Kinross Gold (K-T) says it’s considering laying off 75 workers at the Lupin gold mine, 80 km south of the Arctic Ci…
Geomaque infilling cuts high grade at Tasiast
Some 20,000 metres of reverse-circulation infill drilling have allowed Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) to update the…
Trading Summary (May 12, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange gained 67.47 points or 1% to 6,717.5 with all of its subindices ended in the black. The…
No waiver for Goldstream-Willa (May 12, 2003)
Vancouver The British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office will not grant the Goldstream Willa project a waiv…
Majescor raises $900,000
Vancouver Montreal-based Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) will sell a private placement financing for a gross proceeds…
Aurizon advances Casa Berardi
Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has privately placed 3.7 million flow-through shares at $1.35 apiece to raise…
Placer Dome enjoys record quarterly profit
Vancouver — Increased production and a higher realized gold price enabled Placer Dome (PDG-T) to generate record earnings in the first quarter.The company earned US$64 million (or US16 per share) on…